WWII veteran Delbert Belton survived being wounded in action during the Battle of Okinawa only to be beaten and left for dead by two teens at the Eagles Lodge in Spokane on Wednesday evening.

Belton, 89, died from the injuries he suffered in the beating Thursday morning at Sacred Heart Medical Center.

Witnesses say the Belton was in the parking lot of the Eagles Lodge at 6410 N. Lidgerwood, adjacent to the Eagles Ice-A-Rena, around 8 p.m. Wednesday when the two male suspects attacked him.

Belton died from his injuries Thursday at Sacred Heart Medical Center.

"Shorty," as he was known by his friends at the Eagles Lodge, served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during WWII and was shot in the leg during the Battle of Okinawa. He went on to work at Kaiser Aluminum at the company's Trentwood plant for more than 30 years.

He loved playing pool, even though he claimed he was no good at it and had been a member of the Eagles Lodge for the last four months. In addition to playing pool he loved working on cars.

Belton's wife passed away several years ago.

Spokane police are looking for two male suspects in the attack. They said the suspects are African Americans between 16 and 19 years old.

One suspect was described as heavy set and wearing all black clothing. The other was described as being about 6 feet tall and 150 pounds. There was no description of what clothing the second suspect was wearing other than a silk do-rag.

Police investigating the deadly attack on Belton are also working to obtain surveillance footage from the scene.

If Shorty had shot one of the ****s as they pummeled him to death THEN Gawker would have run a story on the savagery of an octogenarian racist hunting down innocent black youth just out for a walk and skittles.

GTFO.

Shorty doesn't seem like the type to harass unarmed kids walking home. He just wanted to get his Natty Light on at the VFW.

Then what the **** are you accomplishing? Your stupid ass doesn't even know about this shit without your masters telling you what to be pissed about. Good god. You assholes act like you're so much better than what you're fighting but you're a bizzarro version of the same thing. You don't give a **** about this poor man. You care about 'LOOK!! BLACK GUYS DID IT!!!" Stop with the intellectual dishonesty and own it. You're keeping score over here like it's a game.

You're right, silly me. How dare me make anything out of it. Again there are more important issues to deal with. Question, which issues were made a race issue by the media and the NAACP etc.... was it

1. A black teen walks down the road with his hoodie and skittles and is killed by a white guy, oops I mean a white Hispanic, silly me, for no reason at all?

2. A white Australian was killed by black youths who were bored?

3. A rodeo clown wears a mask that looks like the president?

4. Black teens beat up an old white WWII vet?

The irony of it all is that you went off on this rant, yet you were probably up in arms about Trayvon and the rodeo clown. There is no keeping score, but if people want equality then the coverage of these cases and the outrage must be equal as well.

Then what the **** are you accomplishing? Your stupid ass doesn't even know about this shit without your masters telling you what to be pissed about. Good god. You assholes act like you're so much better than what you're fighting but you're a bizzarro version of the same thing. You don't give a **** about this poor man. You care about 'LOOK!! BLACK GUYS DID IT!!!" Stop with the intellectual dishonesty and own it. You're keeping score over here like it's a game.

you seem pretty upset. Are you this outraged every time race is brought into a crime? Or just the times you do not think it should matter. Anyone trying to claim there is not a double standard as to what is a hate crime in this country is one being dishonest~

__________________The Trump campaign and Black Lives Matter movement are perfect for each other. Both sides filled with easily led and angry nitwits convinced they are victims~

You're still not acknowledging the whole story about it, the real story just doesn't fit your righteous, and misplaced, indignation.

The little babe in the woods, who it just so happens, was a new face who regularly walked at night through a private (read-place that notices and is suspicious of new faces) neighborhood that just so happened to be going through a rash of burglaries at the exact same time.

Nevermind the fact that this 6'1 "kid" was thrown out of the house by his exasperated mom to go stay with dad, had assaulted a school bus driver, had been caught with unexplained jewelry and burglary tools at school, who according to an FBI lie detector, had lost his meany racist pursuer (the racist who had raised hell at city hall about the cops beating up a homeless BLACK man) but that hurt his pride so he turned back to whoop some ass.

Forgive me for not feeling too bad about the situation that poor martin placed himself in... he walked, talked and acted like a burgeoning hood, zimmerman had damn good reason to ask the little shit what he was doing that night.

You're still not acknowledging the whole story about it, the real story just doesn't fit your righteous, and misplaced, indignation.

The little babe in the woods, who it just so happens, was a new face who regularly walked at night through a private (read-place that notices and is suspicious of new faces) neighborhood that just so happened to be going through a rash of burglaries at the exact same time.

Nevermind the fact that this 6'1 "kid" was thrown out of the house by his exasperated mom to go stay with dad, had assaulted a school bus driver, had been caught with unexplained jewelry and burglary tools at school, who according to an FBI lie detector, had lost his meany racist pursuer (the racist who had raised hell at city hall about the cops beating up a homeless BLACK man) but that hurt his pride so he turned back to whoop some ass.

Forgive me for not feeling too bad about the situation that poor martin placed himself in... he walked, talked and acted like a burgeoning hood, zimmerman had damn good reason to ask the little shit what he was doing that night.

GZ knew exactly dick about the mitigating factors you just mentioned, so excuse me if I don't give them any credence as to TM's death.

One of the teens charged with beating to death a World War II veteran allegedly claimed he was buying crack cocaine from the 88-year-old and the transaction turned violent — but cops said there is no evidence to support that.

The allegation was denounced as bizarre by victim Delbert “Shorty” Belton’s family and even dismissed by the defense lawyer for the other teen accused in the Spokane, Wash., case, which has drawn national attention.

"Mitigating Factors" are exactly what made him look so suspicious that night, sad to say, but it'll never change in this country, it'll always remain an uneasy détente.

Black people harassed and misunderstood, white people full of privilege and oh so smug.

Never gonna change, ever.

Thats the thing with the victim mentality crowd. Everything has to be contorted to fit their victim bullshit. If you bring up a crime involving blacks you are a racist. Something as bizarre as an Hispanic guy being called white to continue the white hate angle is not even noticed. This guy starts a thread hoping to start shit by calling white people crackers but would go batshit if one started asking are you jungle bunnies scared of white people~

__________________The Trump campaign and Black Lives Matter movement are perfect for each other. Both sides filled with easily led and angry nitwits convinced they are victims~